Editing Release 126 (section)

==Release 126 Patch Notes==
Below are a list of the updates that are live as of Release 126 in the game of Shroud of the Avatar! R126 is a polish month. Polish, additional improvements, and bug fixes are inbound for R127 next month. We hope you enjoy the changes that are live today as of Release 126!

===Crafting, Decoration, Gear, & Inventory Item Changes:===

*Updated all three sizes of lava pool: players can fish from any angle, the lava is now deep enough to swim in, there’s an exit ramp on the side with the low spout wall, and the lava damage has been reset. SOTA-70419
*Made many more books salvageable. This should cover all books that can be repeatedly picked up from the world that are not part of puzzles or quest turn-ins. SOTA-72071
*Made several bludgeon artifacts that had been missed masterworkable, enchantable, and valid for use with pattern removers. SOTA-70404
*Made the Trophy Jack O’ Lantern recipe use the same small candle group as the non-trophy recipe does. SOTA-72038
*Fixed overdone image compression on the Hospitallers Painting and Tapestry.
*The metal plates on the tabletop lava fishing trophies will no longer spin like they are possessed by the spirit of your long-dead ancestors and the spotlights for them no longer track on the ground making all that stare at it desire to bring the devs pizza. SOTA-71240, SOTA-71926
*Unshrunk the plesiosaurs on the large and tabletop second-place trophies. SOTA-72061
*Made tweaks to get the Ravalox and Scott Jones paintings to place in the Druid Home better. This may fix other related placement issues for these two paintings.
*Adjusted the collision of the Butcher Shop, Ladies In Waiting, Pastoral Village, Portrait of a Gentleman, and Portrait of a Lady paintings.
*Adjusted collision on the Ornate Elven Chair to prevent it sinking into other objects when placed at an angle.
*Updated the crafted Gothic Chair so it will no longer sink into furniture.

===Combat & Skill Changes:===
*Removed a stray extra skill from tamed Ferocious Black Wyverns. All tamed wyverns of the same tier are now the same but for color. SOTA-72044

===User Interface, Store Information, Inky, & Lua Changes:===
*The minimum name length is now four characters.
*Edited the description of the shield skill Bolster Balance.
*Added Port Harmony to the loading screen tip about New You locations.
*Made dead bodies show as valid ingredients on their appropriate crafting tables.
*Made all recipes (the sheets of paper themselves) not show as valid ingredients on crafting stations. SOTA-71985
*Fixed a typo in the display name of the May login bundle.
*Made new icons for most of the existing cupcakes so they’re all a consistent large size. SOTA-72092
*Made a new icon for Medium Elven Tent. SOTA-72009
*Made a new icon for the Replenishing Aerial Palm Blue Fish Combo Fireworks Box. SOTA-72088
*Fixed large icons for the Cubic Stone Pedestal, Low Rectangular Stone Pedestal with Scrollwork, and Low Round Stone Pedestal. SOTA-72041
*Adjusted the Crown Store text about eternal patterns.
*Adjusted the store names and descriptions of the stone & timber basements to match the display names of the basement items. SOTA-72011

===World and Quest Changes:===
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:''An Aether Dragon in tundra glares balefully at having been roused.''

*Rumor has it that the aether surrounding the approaching comet, or perhaps the run-off from the slaughter of Aether Dragons, has mutated another of New Britannia’s creatures. SOTA-72005
*Normalized fishing XP across all scenes. SOTA-72062
*Random encounters: Bounty Slips, Prayer Cards, and Survey Tickets now have an updated list of all the towns in which they may be turned in. SOTA-72043
*Ardoris: Updated the logic which archives the “Mention Undead to Siranto” task. SOTA-71957
*Boreas Colossus: Fixed a circular fountain so players can take water from it. SOTA-72036
*Boreas Colossus: Disabled the chair at the chess puzzle because of bugs while players were sitting in it. SOTA-72037
*Brittany Estates: Added propping to the ground floor of the tailor shop. SOTA-72069
*Broochash: Fixed a typo in one of Witzke’s shakedown responses. SOTA-72064
*Castle Atos: Fixed typo for “Shengtong” in Stanslava’s responses. SOTA-72029
*Central Brittany: Added list teleporters by each exit gate that connect to Novia and every other Brittany neightborhood.
*Estgard: Trimmed a gravity-defying vine at the cenote. SOTA-72059
*Graff Island: Updated non-mineable green crystals to be blue, with a matching update to those in Port Graff. SOTA-72084
*Grusk: Replaced a candle with one that functions in the Trailsend Tunnel. SOTA-72027
*Grusk: Removed invisible collision from the top of the stairs next to a palisade wall. SOTA-72068
*Grusk: For automatons, added a “governor” response and improved the “Mistrendur” response. SOTA-72031
*Grusk: The factory trolley is now the “D” line. Ensured “B” rune appears on “B” line stations. SOTA-72030
*Inventory Tutorial: Improved logic that archives the “Open Chest, Loot Gate Key” task. SOTA-72045
*Isle of Storms: Lowered a floating brazier. SOTA-72050
*The Lost Vale: Switched out an old version of Wooden Mug that could be gotten from Rehctelf. SOTA-72034
*North Midmaer Way: Fixed collision for a book on a rug that couldn’t be taken. SOTA-72049
*Port Graff: Added a few coal and blue crystal nodes. Non-mineable crystals along river are now blue. The bank now has a compass icon. A couple of horses can sometimes be seen in town. SOTA-72070
*Port Graff: The jail cell and bank now require a Fragile Port Graff Cell Key to unlock. SOTA-72066
*Solania Catacombs: Fixed VFX that were floating below a cauldron. SOTA-72048
*South Boundless Forest: Plugged a gap in the mountain wall above the blessing cave entrance. SOTA-72065
*South Midmaer Way: Moved a lantern from the top of a destructable crate to a nearby rock. SOTA-72090
*Tanglemire: Added collision to a hanging platform. SOTA-72067
*Tanglemire: Switched out an old version of Wooden Mug that could be gotten from Erla. SOTA-72034
*Tenebris Harbor: Lowered a floating cloth bolt. SOTA-72051
*Vauban Pass: Added threatening tornado to the repeating wave of the control point. SOTA-71832
*Vikland: Moved a floating tree to the ground nearby. SOTA-72091
*Ulfheim: Updated the body text for the “Deliver Dragon Tooth” task to clarify the turn-in scene.
*Whiteguard Foothills: Corrected scale for all ore nodes to be slightly larger. SOTA-72074
*Yew: Added a candelabra to Pendro’s shop. SOTA-72089

===Player-Owned Town Changes:===
*BuyOrder Bazaar: Added new Holdfast northwest of Castle Atos in Novia.
*DrWiz’s Place: Added new island north of Brittany in Novia.
*Jade Gardens: Upgraded to town.
*Shearwater Island: Upgraded to metropolis.

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:''R126 Map of Novia POTs''